Peter writes: An eight-year legal saga has now come to an end. Yesterday, in Rome, the Italian Supreme Court (Cassazione) acquitted me, as well as two other Googlers, for violating Italian privacy law in a case that stemmed from a user-generated video. Read more on his blog.
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Marvel, Sanrio accused of ignoring privacy rules meant to protect children
Hayley Tsukayama reports: Iron Man, Captain America and Spider-Man greet visitors to Disney’s MarvelKids.com Web site, but parents may be surprised to learn that these superheroes may also open the door to tools that track their children’s activities across the Web, according to federal complaints to be filed Wednesday. The filings with the Federal Trade…
Is Your Car A Privacy Threat?
I’ve covered automobile “black boxes” before and the privacy risks that electronic data recorders, if unregulated, pose. But Amadou Diallo raises some other interesting privacy questions associated with the explosive growth of 4G broadband connectivity and new apps: But let’s suppose that you’re fine with almost any privacy trade-offs that will allow to check your…
US-Israeli Security Company Selling Mobile Phone Surveillance Products To Agencies Around The World
Tim Cushing writes: Privacy International, which has done a very thorough job digging into the backgrounds of the many private companies involved in the surveillance “industry” around the world, has just released a promotional document from the American-Israeli Verint, a security company that provides NSA-level cell phone surveillance power to entities around the world. Read more on TechDirt.